The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-15
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.
1T Is stated that the remains of General Logan
will be taken to Chicago the latter part Of Nav,
and that the final ceremonies of interment will
be held On Decoration Day.
NINE. PATTY is said to entertain the firm con-
viction that her niece. Carlina. whom she re-
| Gently took from convent in New Orleans, will
| he great singer before she herself dies.
| LOWELL Citizen: Boston Girl-"Tell me, my
friend, do you admire Hawthorne~ New York
Girl-"O my yes! think it is great! When
we were at Saratoga I used to drink two big
glasses of it every morning before breakfast
| A REPRESENTATIVE of Mr.. John Wanamaker,
of Philadelphia, denies that the great picture Of
| Christ Before Plate" which Mr. W. has just
purchased Is to be used as annex to the Wan
| arnaker store to draw customers. Mr.. W. loves
art, and INDUCES in fine pictures hobby
| HEINRICH HEINZ admitted that to the Bible
he owed most of his inspiration. II have come
| back" he wrote in $780, ''to the Old Testament.
| Its form is more remark able to me than it's con-
tents; its language is so to speak, product of
nature-like a tree, like n flower, like the sea-
like the stars. like man himself"
| REV. BYRON SUNDERLAND, the Presidents
pastor, is daily besieged by countless office
seekers. He says ut does not avail me much
| to declare that have influence at the White
House. dare say my mail is as large as a Cab
met oftcers and the requests cover everything
| in the range Of probabilities and Improbable
| ties"
| PITTsBURG Dispatch: A new baby has ar
rived at little Johnny's residence, and the young
ster was admitted to take his first look at the
| little stranger. He surveyed it calmly for mo-
ment, and then looking up, exclaimed enthusi-
| asticly: His face is just the color of uncle
Georges: Gosh. but he must be hard
| drinker!'
EMPEROR WILLIAM, Count Won Molike. Gen.
W. S. Harvey. u. S. A., and COL E. G. w. But
ler of st. Louis are believed to be the oldest
four military officers in the world Between the
last two there is a good deal of rivalry as to
| precedence Butler went into the army before
| Harvey; that is, at West Point. But Harvey
received his commission before Butler got his.
VIM. NJ CHASE, the artist, has created his
fellow-craftsmen to sensation by publishing q
marriage notice dated year ago. in which the
contracting parties named were himself and
Miss Alice Gerson, very pretty and bright
young woman who has posed as his model fol
two three years. This is one of the rares,
romances in artist life. and it is kept secret nc
longer because there is baby in the family.
''GRAPE cure is practiced in France and Ger
many in the autumn and is regarded as q cure
for many diseases due to high feeding. Tue
patient is given pound of grapes to eat the
first day. This amount is added to, until the
person can eat five or six pounds day. The
other food is gradually lessened, and the diet a
last consists entirely of grapes It cures obesity
and MANY other complaints and starts the par
son off on new lease of life Fruit is necessary
in a rational diet, and Of immense value il
dietetic medicine
THE people of Bermuda have general idea
that there is no civilization worth speaking Of
outside of Bermuda. Not long ago an official O.
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be cured ooh, if he had only STAYED here! how
unwise to 60 home.n exclaimed a lady bewailln:
his fate. "Why stay heregs asked some one ir
surprise. "Oh we have such splendid physi
clans here! But don't you think he will fine
equally good physicians in LondonG' said bel
questioner, politely suppressing n smile. t'Tn
Londons No. How could he? Where would they
) be educated?'
One of the queerest hats in Washington il
, that of Civil-service Commissioner Edgerton
1t is straight. broad brimmed silk plug of tn,
vintage of lS49, and the picture of Edgerton, al
he walks the streets Of Washington is that o
J an elegantly dressed statesman of Jackson's dav
He wears a high stock and old-fashioned col
lar, and, though over seventy, he stand OIL
! his feet all day without firing. He has his hat
, always made to order and he is wearing tn,
same style of hat now that he did when he CAM
here as a Congressman, nearly forty years ago
He says he finds he is in style about every tel
years, and says that hatters keep the same block
and bring out the same styles about SO often.
CANNES is filling rapidly. and the place is lit
orally crawling with Americans. Mrs Goele
has taken the Duke Of Vallambrosas villa an
Mrs Mackay will soon arrive there. The repor
that Mrs. and Miss Chamberlain had arrived a
Cannes is erroneous. The American beauty ha
England which will not terminate until the on,
| of March. Mrs and Miss Chamberlain are a
: present staying with the Duke and Duchess O
Wellington, at Strathfeldsaye, where a selec
party is being entertained, and where Mis-
Chamberlain, ''the loveliest OF Americana q
she is called in England, is the center of admira
> ton. The pretty Englisnwoman. Mrs. Cunard
is at present the belle Of Cannes. The Lowell
l English girl who mas just refused Lord Cairns
Miss Behrens, Is also at Cannes.
, RECENT confagration in remote Chimes
village destroyed the ancestral home Of the fam
lily of Confucius, with all it's contents: texts O.
stone commentaries, wondrous carvings i
jade and alabaster, priceless jars of porcelain
jewels and precious metal work; in brief, one O
the most remarkable literary and artistic muse
ums IN the world, containing it did nearl
every extant memorial of the great teacher i
. that building. erected about 600 B. e. genera
ton after generation the male heirs Of the Chi
nese philosopher have dwelt in uabroken lin
for 800 years, bearing the title of dukes Wit
: every other family in China, nobleman's ran
: must always be lower than that of his ances
tors. for no true Confucian would presume t
stand higher than his grandfather father or hi
D elder brother. In the illuslrious ssHouse q
: Confucius," however, the lofty title of duk
: passes unchanged. except when Emperor afte
Emperor adds by royal decree some new phras
r OF honor to the name and line Of the famou
r Philosopher.
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